Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Amendment Act 1884
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1884 c. 42 |
| Year | 1884 |
Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1884.
(47 & 48 Vict.) CHAPTER 42.
An Act to amend the Sheriff Court Houses Act, 1860.
[7th August 1884]
W HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Sheriff Court Houses Act, 1860, herein-after called the principal Act:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as theSheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1884.
2 Construction and short title.
2. The principal Act, and an Act passed in the twenty-ninth and thirtieth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act to amend certain provisions of the Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Act, 1860,’ and this Act, shall be read and construed together, and maybe cited as the Sheriff Court Houses (Scotland) Acts, 1860 to 1884.
3 Acts may be applied more than once to the same court house or county.
3. Where a representation is made to the Secretary of State under section three of the principal Act, it shall not be any objection to such representation that a previous representation with respect to the same court house or with respect to the court house accommodation in the same county has been made and proceeded with.
4 Representation to be communicated to Chief Commissioner of Works and Treasury.
4. Before the Secretary of State intimates his opinion to the Commissioners of Supply on any representation made to him under the principal Act in terms of section four of the said Act, he shall transmit such representation to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings for his report thereon, and on receiving such report shall transmit it to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for their observations.
5 Liability of Treasury not to exceed half of estimated cost of construction.
5. Whereas it is provided by section fifteen of the principal Act that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to pay one half of the total expense of the erection or improvement of any court house under the provisions of the said Act; it is hereby...
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